Notes

1] First published in Juxta Edouardo King, 1638, a volume of Latin and English elegies, printed at Cambridge in 1638, on the death of Edward King, son of Sir John King, and fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was drowned, August 10, 1637, while on his way from Chester to Ireland, the vessel having struck a sunken rock. Cf. Milton's Lycidas, the last elegy in the book. tears. A common 17th century term for elegies. Back to Line

8] hydrography. Writing in water; usually "the science of charting navigable waters." Back to Line

12] A reference to Xerxes' bridge of boats over the Hellespont, 480 B.C. Back to Line

46] Vatican. Library. As no burning of the Vatican is recorded, the name is probably used in the sense of "library" (antonomasia). The library at Alexandria was burned by the Mohammedans (A.D. 640). another drown'd. i.e. in Edward King. Back to Line